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Our journals Search the journals Royal Society Open Science All science: Open access research Royal Society Open Science A fast, open journal publishing high quality research across all of science, engineering and mathematics Editor-in-chief: Professor Jeremy Sanders CBE FRS Access status: Fully open access Philosophical Transactions B Life sciences: Themed issues Philosophical Transactions B Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences Editor-in-chief: Professor John Pickett FRS Access status: Open access options available Proceedings B Biological sciences: Research and reviews Proceedings B Our flagship biological research journal, dedicated to fast publication and worldwide dissemination of high-quality research Editor-in-chief: Professor Spencer Barrett FRS Access status: Open access options available Open Biology Molecular and cellular biology: Open access research and reviews Open Biology A fast, open access journal publishing high impact biology at the molecular and cellular level Editor-in-chief: Professor David Glover FRS Access status: Fully open access Biology Letters Biological sciences: Short research and opinion pieces Biology Letters A fast, high quality journal, publishing short research articles, reviews and opinion pieces across the biological sciences Editor-in-chief: Professor David Beerling FRS Access status: Open access options available Philosophical Transactions A Physical sciences: Themed issues Philosophical Transactions A Influential themed journal issues across the physical, mathematical and engineering sciences Editor-in-chief: Professor John Dainton Access status: Open access options available Proceedings A Physical sciences: Research and reviews Proceedings A Our physical sciences research journal, publishing high-quality research and review articles from all disciplines in the physical sciences Editor-in-chief: Professor Sir Mark Welland FRS Access status: Open access options available Interface Cross-disciplinary 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